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New Opera ‘She Who Dared’ Sings the Praises of Bold Black Women

Classical music meets soul, gospel, and protest songs in She Who Dared, a 1950s-set opera that highlights the rebellious Black women who helped dismantle bus segregation in the American South. Presented and performed by Chicago Opera Theater (COT), the new work by Emmy award-winning composer Jasmine Arielle Barnes and acclaimed poet/librettist Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton makes […]